Windshield cleaner



March 18 1924; 1,487,344

, E. F. LUKENS WINDSHIELD CLEANER Filed July 21 1922 a" Q a 11W 5 5 a} 3 g Patented Mar. 18,1924.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD F. LUKENS, OF WEST HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE NEW ENG- LAND TUBE STAMPING COMPANY, INC, 015 WEST HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, COR- PORATION.

Application filed July 21,

To all whomit many concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD F. LUKENS, a citizen of the United States, residing at est Haven, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented-a new and useful Improvement in Windshield Cleaners; and I do hereby declare ,the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the characters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this application and represent, in-

Fig. 1 a View in inside elevation of a wind-shield cleaner constructed in accord ance with my invention.

Fig. 2 a view thereof in side elevation.

Fig. 3 a view thereof in transverse section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 a view corresponding to Fig. 3, showing the device as applied to a windshield glass.

Fig.5 a view of the device incentral Iongitudi'nal section, also shown as applied to a wind-shield glass.

. My invention relates to an improvement in that class of wind-shield cleaners desi ed to simultaneously clean the opposite aces of a wind-shield glass, the object being to provide a simple, convenient, durable and effective device, constructed with particular reference to so closing when not in use as to protect the wiper-strips from injury.

With these ends in view, my invention consists in a wind-shield cleaner having certain details of construction and cdmbinations of parts as will be hereinafter pointed out in the claims.

In carrying out my invention, a herein shown, I employ an inner wiper-member comprising a relatively deep, inwardly-opening, rectangular, trough-shaped, sheet-metal strip-holder 10 and a thick strip 11, preferably of felt, inserted thereinto, and projecting from the open face thereof, the strip 11 solidly filling the holder 10 and secured therein by any suitable means. The said strip-holder 10 i pivotally hung about midway of its length on a transverse rivet 12 between the upper ends of the two parallel flanges 13 of a hollow, folded, sheet-metal hand-grip 14 permanently secured by rivets 15 to the ofiset end 16 of the inner arm 17 of a wiper-holder 18 made of a heavy strip of spring metal, the said arm 16 of the wmnsnmw CLEANER.

1922. Serial No. 576,510.

wiper-holder being inserted within the said hand-grip and riveted to the inner face of the outer portion thereof. As thus iconstructed, the inner strip-holder rocks within the hand-grip.

The outer wiper-member consists of a relatively fiat, sheet-metal strip-holder 19, longer than the strip-holder l0 aforesaid and having its edge folded inward beyond the plane of its inner face, and then turned I against injury and the accumulation of grit and dirt. When the device is not in use, the

face of the felt strip 11 rests upon the inner face of the flat, sheet-metal strip-holder 19, as shown in Fig. 3, whereby the face of the felt strip isprevented from being fouled with it or other foreign substances, and whereby the said strip-holder 19 acts as a stop-abutment to prevent the felt strip from passing between, and protruding beyond, the rubber wiper-strips 21. This stop-abutment function of the part 19 also prevents the edges of the strips 21 from colliding with any part of the hand-grip 14, which would endanger their deformation.

The strip-holder 19, by having its edges folded as described, has produced upon its outer face a shallow recess 22 for the flush reception of the outer arm 23 of the wiperholder, this arm being, permanently secured in place by rivets 24. By preference, and as shown, the outer edges of the rubber wiper strips 21 are thickened, so as to enable them to be readily clamped in place against accidental withdrawal in use.

I do not, however, limit myself to the exact construction shown and described, my improved wind-shield cleaner being characterized by having its inner and outer wipermembers permanently attached to the respective arms of the wiper-holder and having the wiper-element of one member adapted to nest within the wiper elements of the other member, when the device is closed.

I claim:

1. In a wind-shield cleaner, the combination of a resilient holder, consisting of a single strip of spring-metal bent to form substantially parallel inner and outer arms; w i p e r c a r r y in g members permanently mounted upon the respective arms of the said holder, one of the said members being pivoted to its arm and one member carrying a single thick strip of felt,'and the other wiper-member carrying two flexible, rubber Wiper-strips, spaced apart to receive the said strip of felt between them, and a Web between the strips forming a stop-abutment therefor when the device i not in use.

2. In a wind-shield cleaner, the combination with a two-armed, resilient wiper-holder, consisting of a single strip of springmetal bent to form substantially parallel 2 arms, of which the inner arm is shorter face of the said outer arm, and. two parallel wiper-strips respectively mounted in the edges of the said wiper-holder in planes at a right angle to the face ofthe said thick strip and spaced apart to receive the same between them when the device is notin use.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presence of two sub- 35 scribing witnesses.

EDWAR-D'F. LUKENS. Witnesses:

MALCOLM P. NIcHoLs. GEORGE W. BALDWIN. 

